Notice from the Office of the Forestry Bureau on the Pilot Project of Building Forest Characteristic Towns

Banchangzi (2017) No. 110

　　The forestry departments (bureaus) of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Longjiang, Daxinganling Forest Industry (Forestry) Group Corporation, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Forestry Bureau:

　　In order to implement the spirit of Zhongfa [2015] No. 6 document, deepen the reform of state-owned forest farms and state-owned forest areas and the structural reform of the forestry supply side, and promote the forestry development model to focus on the use of forests to obtain economic benefits and provide ecological services to forest protection Change, improve the supply capacity and service level of ecological products such as forest sightseeing, leisure vacation, sports and health, continuously meet the people’s increasingly urgent demand for ecological well-being, and vigorously enhance the strategic position of forestry in the development of the national economy. Our bureau has decided to establish a state-owned forest farm. Carry out pilot projects for the construction of forest characteristic towns with state-owned forest areas to explore ways and sum up experience for comprehensively promoting the construction of forest characteristic towns. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

　　 One, the purpose of construction

　　Featured forest towns refer to suitable locations such as state-owned forest farms and forestry bureaus in state-owned forest areas with rich forest resources and good ecological environment. The focus is on the use of old sites, workshops, and residential houses through scientific planning. Design, reasonable layout, construction of complete reception facilities, complete infrastructure, and complete service functions. The main feature is to provide ecological products and ecological services such as forest sightseeing, leisure vacation, sports and health, and integrate industry, culture, tourism, and community functions. Innovation and development platform.

　　Carrying out the construction of forest characteristic towns is conducive to improving the ability of state-owned forest farms and state-owned forest areas to attract and allocate forestry characteristic industrial elements, promote resource integration and industrial integration, and promote industrial agglomeration, innovation, and transformation and upgrading; it is conducive to deepening state-owned forest farms and state-owned forests. District reforms promote the transformation and development of forest farms and forest areas, improve production and living conditions in state-owned forest farms and state-owned forest areas, increase employee income, and enhance development stamina; it is conducive to promoting forestry supply-side structural reforms and improving the supply capacity and quality of ecological products and services. Continuously meet the growing needs of the people for ecological well-being; help protect the ecology and improve people’s livelihood, promote the economic development of state-owned forest farms and state-owned forest areas, increase forest farmers’ income, assist in poverty alleviation, and strive to implement the "green water" proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping "Green Mountain is Jinshan Yinshan" and other new development concepts.

　　 2. Pilot principles

　　 (1) Adhere to the ecological orientation and give priority to protection. It is necessary to protect the local forest resources, the original ecological environment and the original ecological landscape as the foothold and starting point of the construction of forest characteristic towns. On the premise of ensuring the increase of the total forest resources, the improvement of forest quality and the enhancement of ecological functions, the use of environmentally friendly , Resource-saving construction modes and methods, to achieve the organic integration of ecological environment, ecological culture, forest landscape and service facilities, give full play to the multiple functions of forest ecology, and provide society with more ecological products and better ecological services.

　　 (2) Adhere to scientific planning and orderly development. It must be integrated with the development plan and forest management plan of state-owned forest farms and state-owned forest areas, adhere to planning first, scientific design, based on reality, in-depth exploration of characteristics, and identify the development direction. It is necessary to strictly follow the carrying capacity of the local ecological environment, make scientific plans, undergo rigorous scientific evaluation and demonstration, and implement strictly after approval in accordance with procedures.

　　 (3) Persist in pilot projects and steadily advance. Priority should be given to selecting state-owned forest farms and state-owned forestry district forestry bureaus with good development foundations, strong government support, and high enthusiasm for construction as pilot projects. On the basis of timely summarizing the successful experience and model of the pilot, we will gradually demonstrate and promote it and make steady progress.

　　 (4) Adhere to government guidance, forest farm leadership, and diversified operations. Forestry authorities at all levels should actively coordinate relevant departments to give preference to infrastructure construction, project approval and capital investment, relocation, land use approval, and investment and financing policies, continuously optimize policies and investment and financing environments, and vigorously support town construction ; State-owned forest farms and state-owned forestry district forestry bureaus are the main body of the construction of forest characteristic towns. Conditions must be created to promote the effective docking of towns with enterprises and financial institutions, and promote the integrated development of farms, towns and enterprises, and common growth.

　　3. Pilot content

　　 (1) Scope and scale. About 30 of the national state-owned forest farms and forestry bureaus of state-owned forest regions are selected as the first batch of national construction pilot projects.

　　 (2) Construction methods. On the basis of stabilizing and fully guaranteeing the rights and interests of forest resources in state-owned forest farms and state-owned forest areas, the right to use and management can be separated and management rights can be released. Self-construction, joint venture cooperation and PPP cooperation construction can be adopted to promote town construction, so as to realize effective docking, mutual benefit and win-win development, and integrated development between market and town enterprises. The construction of small towns must adhere to the transformation and utilization, upgrading and upgrading. In principle, no new construction should be undertaken. Strict control and strict inspection of new construction are required. Focus on the reconstruction of the old farms (bureaus) and houses of the state-owned forest farms and forestry bureaus of the state-owned forests to build them into distinctive houses and forest huts that have distinctive local characteristics and are closely integrated with the original ecological landscape. And other reception facilities. It is necessary to focus on the integration of ecological poverty alleviation, forest farm shantytown renovation, resettlement relocation and farm department relocation and reconstruction, as well as the construction of forest parks, wetland parks and other engineering projects to promote each other and integrate development.

　　 (3) Construction conditions

　　 1. Have a certain scale. Generally, the forest should be concentrated, and the forest coverage rate should generally be above 60%. The forest landscape is beautiful, the surrounding ecological environment is good, it has a good cultural background, no major pollution sources, and a large-scale state-owned forest farm or state-owned forest area forestry bureau construction .

　　 2. The construction enthusiasm is high. State-owned forest farms and forestry bureaus of state-owned forest districts have a high enthusiasm for construction. The local government attaches great importance to the construction of forest characteristic towns, and has strong policy support in terms of investment in town project construction, investment promotion, land concessions, and infrastructure construction.

　　 3. The positioning of the leading industry is accurate. Mainly relying on forest resources and ecological advantages, focus on the development of forest sightseeing, leisure vacations, sports and health preservation, as well as the cultivation, collection and primary processing of forest products such as forest food and forest medicinal materials.

　　 4. The infrastructure is relatively complete. The infrastructure of state-owned forest farms and state-owned forestry bureaus, such as water circuits, etc., is relatively complete. In principle, the construction site should be selected within the range of 50-100 kilometers from the airport or high-speed railway station.

　　 (4) Main content of construction

　　 1. Improve reception conditions. Through the transformation of the state-owned forest farm and the old farm (bureau) site and residential houses of the state-owned forestry bureau of the state-owned forestry district, it has been built into characteristic residential houses and forest huts that have distinctive local characteristics and are closely integrated with the characteristic ecological landscape of the town’s forests. , And strive to improve the hospitality capacity and service level.

　　 2. Improve infrastructure. Construct water, electricity, roads, information, ecological environment monitoring and other infrastructure and forest trails and other corresponding sightseeing, leisure and health service facilities to provide guarantee for the development of recreation, vacation, recuperation, health care, and old-age care services, and continue to improve The town’s public service capacity, level and quality.

　　 3. Cultivate new industry formats. Fully explore and utilize local natural landscape, forest environment, leisure and health and other resources, actively introduce advanced concepts and models for the development of forest health and leisure production, vigorously explore and develop new forms of forest sightseeing, leisure and health, and expand state-owned forest farms and state-owned forests. The development space of the district promotes the upgrading of the ecological economy to the town’s economy and enhances the town’s unique competitiveness.

　　 (five) working procedures

　　 1. Find out the family background. All provinces (including autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Forest Industry Group, Xinjiang Corps, the same below) should organize forces to investigate the construction and potential of the province's state-owned forest farms and forest characteristic towns in state-owned forest areas as soon as possible, and fill in the survey statistics of the resources of the forest characteristic towns Table (see Annex 1).

　　 2. Reporting is recommended. The provinces organize state-owned forest farms and state-owned forestry district forestry bureaus to carry out the application for the pilot project of forest characteristic town construction. According to the actual local conditions, recommend 2-3 state-owned forest farms or state-owned forestry district forestry bureaus as national construction pilots, and fill in the pilot declaration form (see attachment 2).

　　 3. Determine the pilot. On the basis of recommendations from various provinces, our bureau will take overall consideration of factors such as regional layout, construction characteristics, development characteristics, etc., to determine the pilot units for the construction of national forest characteristic towns, and announce them.

　　4. Relevant requirements

　　 All localities shall promptly arrange and deploy the pilot work for the construction of forest characteristic towns, and do a good job in investigation and pilot application work. Carefully fill in the survey and statistical form of the resources of forest characteristic towns to ensure that the information is objective, truthful and accurate. It is recommended that pilot units should provide text materials of about 3000 words and a conceptual plan for the town, and 10-15 minutes of video materials can be provided at the same time if conditions permit.

　　 The written materials should include the basic construction conditions, construction goals, construction tasks, construction methods, construction paths and measures; the conceptual planning should include the town’s regional industrial planning, functional layout, supporting facilities construction, cultural heritage research, etc.

　　 Please submit the written materials and electronic version to our bureau before September 30, 2017.

　　Contact person: Zhang Jing Liu Peng, General Station of the State Forestry Administration.

　　Tel: 010-84238813 84239854 (fax)

　　 Email: 806 forestry.gov.cn

　　 hereby notify.

State Forestry Administration Office

July 4, 2017